Intralipid Therapy for Women 35-40 Years With Positive Natural Killer Cells Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

Summary

Intralipid can suppress natural killer cells that are known to be involve in repeated implantation failure and recurrent miscarriages.Intralipid is made of purified soybean oil, egg phospholipids, glycerol and water. It provides essential fatty acids, linoleic acid, omega- 3 and 6 fatty acids and alpha-linolenic acid. The effects of Intralipid in suppressing natural killer cell activity (NKa) were found to be comparable to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) by laboratory experiments.We will study the effect of intralipid infusion on the pregnancy outcome of women aged 35-40 years with history of repeated implantation failure of miscarriage and who have positive peripheral blood natural killer cells

Timeline

Start

2013-05

Primary completion

2015-01

Completion

2015-02

Publications

• Background Coulam CB, Acacio B. Does immunotherapy for treatment of reproductive failure enhance live births? Am J Reprod Immunol. 2012 Apr;67(4):296-304. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01111.x. Epub 2012 Feb 16.
• Background Shreeve N, Sadek K. Intralipid therapy for recurrent implantation failure: new hope or false dawn? J Reprod Immunol. 2012 Jan;93(1):38-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.11.003. Epub 2011 Dec 21.

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